Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Posting the eighteenth episode of the TV series, Stingray, to mirror the airdate from 31 years ago on this date of Mar 27, 1987.

Series Background

"Ray" is a shadowy character with a mysterious 'secret agent' past. People in trouble often come to him for help, since he has a lot of important and powerful contacts. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor. Some time in the future, Ray will come to them and ask to collect on that favor, giving them some task that is often arduous and/or dangerous. The title of the show comes from the vintage Corvette Stingray that Ray drives.

"Stingray's" real name and actual occupation are never revealed in any of the installments; throughout the series, any attempt any other character makes, in any installment, to track down his identity inevitably and invariably leads in the wrong direction and/or to a dead end.

Enjoy!

Episode Synopsis

Ray goes undercover as an instructor at a military academy to help a student who witnessed his classmates commit murder.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Posting the seventeenth episode of the TV series, Stingray, to mirror the airdate from 31 years ago on this date of Mar 20, 1987.

Series Background

"Ray" is a shadowy character with a mysterious 'secret agent' past. People in trouble often come to him for help, since he has a lot of important and powerful contacts. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor. Some time in the future, Ray will come to them and ask to collect on that favor, giving them some task that is often arduous and/or dangerous. The title of the show comes from the vintage Corvette Stingray that Ray drives.

"Stingray's" real name and actual occupation are never revealed in any of the installments; throughout the series, any attempt any other character makes, in any installment, to track down his identity inevitably and invariably leads in the wrong direction and/or to a dead end.

Enjoy!

Episode Synopsis

Ray helps a retarded man by going undercover as a dock worker at the dock where his father was killed in a suspicious accident.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Posting the 3rd episode of Spy Game which premiered 21 years ago on this date of March 17th. Enjoy!

Summary

It is not a good time if your chosen profession is spy. The Cold War has ended, and spies are no longer in high demand. While ex-Secret Agent Lorne Cash is trying to determine what to do next, he is requested by the President to assist the Emergency Counter Hostilities Organization. A young rookie member of ECHO, Maxine 'Max' London, is assigned to be his partner. This late era spy must now become accustomed to the modern era "Spy Game".

Synopsis

A former Russian spy is trying to enter the United States and retire anonymously. Since he captured and tortured Cash and killed his partner, he is understandably anxious not to meet the former agent. The spy kidnaps Shank's mother and blackmails him into ordering Cash's murder.

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Posting the 2nd episode of Spy Game which premiered 21 years ago on this date of March 10th. Enjoy!

Summary

It is not a good time if your chosen profession is spy. The Cold War has ended, and spies are no longer in high demand. While ex-Secret Agent Lorne Cash is trying to determine what to do next, he is requested by the President to assist the Emergency Counter Hostilities Organization. A young rookie member of ECHO, Maxine 'Max' London, is assigned to be his partner. This late era spy must now become accustomed to the modern era "Spy Game".

Synopsis

A former Russian spy is trying to enter the United States and retire anonymously. Since he captured and tortured Cash and killed his partner, he is understandably anxious not to meet the former agent. The spy kidnaps Shank's mother and blackmails him into ordering Cash's murder.

Trivia

The director of this episode was Lou Antonio. Antonio appeared in the classic episode of Star Trek: The Original Series - "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (1969) as "Lokai" where his right side of his face and body was white and the left side was black. He was pursued by Frank Gorshin as Commissioner Bele whose right side of his face/body was black and his left side was white.

Thursday, March 08, 2018

I have 2 projects with deadlines coming up that I've been working hard to meet: 3/10 Sat and 3/12 Mon.

I am starting to panic a bit LOL:

“Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”

― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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Maybe that's why I'm posting this quote:

“When you are a free and independent writer, without employer, without hours or deadlines, you have to play little games to force yourself into the actual writing. For me, one game is to announce...that I have finally decided on my next book, that I am ready to write it...to put my pride on the line.”

― Irving Wallace, The Writing of One Novel

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I hope I'm not this quote though:

“Normally I miss deadlines like a storm trooper misses Jedi.”

― Patrick Rothfuss, Unfettered

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I gotta get some work done:

“...a deadline should not prevent you from writing, but writing will help prevent you from missing your deadline. Then write a word. Then remind yourself of that again. And then write another and hey, look at you! You’re spitting in that deadline’s eye.”

― Courtney Summers

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For one of my projects, I may be overdoing it as it is about one of my favorite movies:

“At times, it is better to "just do it" than to "do it right". One reason new year resolutions don't work is because we expect too much from ourselves. Rush, meet your deadlines, you can always continue from where you stopped next year.”

― Asuni LadyZeal

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If I don't meet my deadlines, maybe this is my defense/rationalization:

“If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: ‘What’s great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!’ It will be about how the whole thing stands up.”

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Posting the sixteenth episode of the TV series, Stingray, to mirror the airdate from 31 years ago on this date of Mar 6, 1987.

Series Background

"Ray" is a shadowy character with a mysterious 'secret agent' past. People in trouble often come to him for help, since he has a lot of important and powerful contacts. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor. Some time in the future, Ray will come to them and ask to collect on that favor, giving them some task that is often arduous and/or dangerous. The title of the show comes from the vintage Corvette Stingray that Ray drives.

"Stingray's" real name and actual occupation are never revealed in any of the installments; throughout the series, any attempt any other character makes, in any installment, to track down his identity inevitably and invariably leads in the wrong direction and/or to a dead end.

Enjoy!

Episode Synopsis

Ray attempts to resolve a dispute between a land developer and Indians who claim the proposed building site is on sacred ground.

Saturday, March 03, 2018

Posting the first episode of Spy Game which premiered 21 years ago on this date of March 3rd. Enjoy!

Summary

It is not a good time if your chosen profession is spy. The Cold War has ended, and spies are no longer in high demand. While ex-Secret Agent Lorne Cash is trying to determine what to do next, he is requested by the President to assist the Emergency Counter Hostilities Organization. A young rookie member of ECHO, Maxine 'Max' London, is assigned to be his partner. This late era spy must now become accustomed to the modern era "Spy Game".

Synopsis

Lorne Cash, a retired espionage agent, is coaxed out of retirement to investigate the murder of a former mentor. He's teamed with a beautiful female spy, Maxine London, and the pair quickly discover that the supposedly dead agent is still among the living and trying to perfect a killing machine that destroys living creatures while living buildings intact. He demands that the President of the United States pay him billions of dollars, and when he's rebuffed decides to demonstrate his machine's power by killing the POTUS.

Trivia

Mr. White was played by Peter Lupus and is best known for his role as strongman Willy Armitagefrom 1960's Mission: Impossible.

Mr. Black was played by Patrick Macnee and is best known for his role as debonair agent John Steed from 1960's The Avengers.

Crazed Terrorist was played by Robert Culp and is best known for his role as Kelly Robinson from 1960's I, Spy.

Piotr 'Shank' Reshankov was played by Keith Szarabajka and is best known as Mickey Kostmayer in 1980's The Equalizer.

Thursday, March 01, 2018

I have something special today for you ... another video clip and animated GIFs of a sap/slapjack used in a movie ... specifically Miami Blues (1990)! What makes this particular example special is that there is a excellent shot of the sap!

Enjoy the GIFs and video of a young Alec Baldwin 'giving it' to Fred Ward.

Posting a Fight Quest episode today, March 1st, which aired 10 years ago on this Feb 29th (2008 was a leap year)!

Fight Quest is a television show on the Discovery Channel that followed Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson as they travel around the world learning different styles of martial arts, spending five days training with notable masters of the styles they are studying, before exhibiting what they have learned in a final demonstration and/or fight.

Enjoy!Country: United StatesCity: Bay Area, CaliforniaMartial Art/Style: KajukenboMasters: Charles Gaylord, Greg HarperSynopsis: Kajukenbo is a street-fighting martial art comprised of the most deadly moves from karate, kung fu, and other fighting styles. In this episode, Jimmy and Doug travel to the roughest edges of the S.F. Bay area to uncover why some Americans live to fight.

In case you missed the other episodes in the Fight Quest series, you can find them here:

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Slowly but surely I've implemented changes to the site's look and functionality. I'm sure you have noticed the changes.Ecstatic that I've finally been able to successfully update my site closer more in line with my vision of it.

Not sure if it will be the final look of the site or not, but the Sojourn of Septillion Steps with respect to the site's look has already taken quite a few steps beyond the first!

I will still be endeavoring to put up information I think will benefit your martial arts training as well as your self-defense. I sincerely thank you for visiting/reading!